Deficiency (Noun)
Meaning 1
Lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Scantness
- Slenderness
- Scarceness
- Meagreness
- Exiguity
- Scarcity
- Deficit
- Meagerness
- Poorness
- Shortage
- Scantiness
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Meaning 2
The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- A significant vitamin D deficiency in children can lead to rickets.
- The city's food banks reported a critical deficiency in donations over the winter months.
- Lack of proper education can create a significant deficiency in job prospects.
- There is a severe protein deficiency in many impoverished areas due to the limited availability of nutritious food sources.
- Water conservation is crucial to addressing the growing water deficiency in areas prone to drought.